moil
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9.9
- noun
- /mɔɪl/
- Archaic
- The workers found themselves in a state of constant moil as they struggled to meet the tight deadline.
Examples
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(n17) Those who "run after Moses and the Law for their peace and satisfaction of spirit" were overlooking their depravity and running without grace; "where," Crisp enquired, "are your qualifications while there is no strength?" In the legalists' "sweat and toil and moil."
Academic text (2006) -
It had rained, and the red moil ran down the ditches in gushes.
Fiction book (1993) -
In no time, routine would iron over the dissonance, and Cam, like a new dog, would make her footfalls and eccentricities part of the moil merely by being there.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the moil of the crowded market, it was hard to find any peace or quiet.
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She tried to focus on her studies, but the moil of family arguments distracted her constantly.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A situation in which things are untidy and confused
129
4.8
A time of great confusion and disorder
28
7.9
A difficult situation that is hard to escape or solve
10
9.3
A confusing situation full of problems that is hard to get out of
2
8.4
A very large, messy situation that is hard to fix
1
9.9
A confusing, chaotic situation with many mixed-up parts
1
5.2
With much hurry and disorder
1
9.0
A state of loud noise and confusion
A situation with things all over and people confused
Antonyms
How Chaotic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Moil (noun: a state of hard work or turmoil) — The noun moil carries the same idea you see in turmoil, meaning confusion, busy trouble, or hard work. So to be in moil is to be in a messy, busy, or troubled state.